{"id":349,"date":"2024-07-07T04:01:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T04:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=349"},"modified":"2024-07-07T04:01:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T04:01:21","slug":"biden-trump-ukraine-russia-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Tries to Stay Neutral in Political Dogfight Between Trump and Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine, which depends on American military aid for its survival, has long tried to maintain bipartisan support in the United States. That has never been easy, but it is getting harder, especially with the increased possibility that Donald J. Trump, no great friend of Ukraine, will return to the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine\u2019s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is asked in nearly every interview what a second Trump administration would mean for Ukraine. While Mr. Zelensky chooses his words carefully, sometimes the emotional weight of the assumption behind the question \u2014 that Mr. Trump could end American military assistance, allowing Russia to succeed in destroying the Ukrainian state \u2014 spills into view.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s claim last week during his debate with Mr. Biden that he alone knew the path to peace is \u201ca little scary,\u201d the Ukrainian president said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/01\/20\/zelenskyy-calls-trumps-rhetoric-about-ukraines-war-with-russia-very-dangerous.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an interview<\/a> with Britain\u2019s Channel 4 News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot, a lot of victims,\u201d Mr. Zelensky said. \u201cBut that\u2019s really making me a bit stressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf there are risks to Ukrainian independence, if we lose statehood \u2014 we want to be ready for this, we want to know,\u201d Mr. Zelensky said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-07-03\/zelenskiy-challenges-trump-to-reveal-plans-for-quick-end-to-war\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a subsequent interview<\/a> last week with Bloomberg. \u201cWe want to understand whether in November we will have the powerful support of the U.S. or will be all alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia seemed to relish the prospect of Mr. Trump\u2019s return to the White House during remarks at a summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe fact that Mr. Trump, as a presidential candidate, says he is ready and wants to stop the war in Ukraine is something we take very seriously,\u201d Mr. Putin <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/international\/article\/2024\/07\/05\/putin-says-he-takes-trump-s-comments-on-ending-ukraine-conflict-seriously_6676736_4.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said on Thursday<\/a>. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen his ideas on how exactly he\u2019s going to do that, and that is the key question. But I have no doubt that he says that sincerely, and we support that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Putin frequently feigns interest in negotiations to end the war he started. But he underscored his intention to force Ukrainian capitulation, saying on Thursday that Ukraine must agree to \u201cdemilitarization\u201d measures that could not be reversed as a precondition to a cease-fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian officials, both publicly and privately, said the hyperpartisan environment in the United States, Russia\u2019s ongoing efforts to stoke those divisions, the turmoil of the presidential campaign and a distracted White House combined to make for an exquisitely difficult diplomatic challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cQuite frankly, we are in a rather vulnerable situation right now,\u201d Oleksandr Merezhko, chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament\u2019s foreign affairs committee, said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf Trump becomes president, it should not be a shock for us,\u201d he said, motioning to a stack of books about Mr. Trump\u2019s presidency that he has been reading for insights. But reaching out to people close to Trump, he said, \u201cneeds to be done in a delicate way, not to antagonize Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are very careful not to get involved in internal political struggle in the United States,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to spoil the relations with anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian disappointments are bipartisan. It is as common to hear frustration with the slow pace of American aid and bitterness over restrictions on the use of Western weapons demanded by the Biden administration as it is to hear concerns about Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Biden administration\u2019s policies, Ukrainian officials say privately, have left Ukraine in a cruel limbo, with neither the weapons necessary to win nor full American backing for a Ukrainian effort to begin settlement talks on terms favorable to Kyiv. Mr. Biden did not attend a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in Switzerland last month, despite Mr. Zelensky\u2019s appeals for him to do so. Vice President Kamala Harris attended instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian officials took some solace from Mr. Trump\u2019s brief statement in the debate that he would not accept Russia\u2019s terms for ending the war, and many have noted that Ukraine has a deep well of support in the Republican Party that they hope will influence Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">More important, they said, Mr. Trump is unpredictable, and if he fails to secure a deal with Mr. Putin and feels diminished in the process, he could step up assistance and would most likely be far less concerned by fears of escalation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a paradox,\u201d Mr. Merezhko said. \u201cHe is predictable in his unpredictability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The most immediate concern for Ukrainians is that the swirl of debate about Mr. Biden\u2019s political future will be a distraction during a NATO gathering in Washington this week, just as the organization is moving toward a larger role coordinating weapons and ammunition supplies for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Biden administration is trying to avoid giving Mr. Trump an opening to accuse them of committing large sums to Ukraine over the long term, and new governments in France and Britain are both facing significant economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine\u2019s Western allies have taken halting steps to try to ensure continued military assistance regardless of what happens in the American election, but domestic politics are complicating collective actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For instance, NATO ambassadors agreed last week to create an office in Kyiv staffed by a senior civilian, NATO officials said. But efforts to commit member states to multiyear funding for Ukraine have failed so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, initially promoted the idea of a five-year, $100 billion fund for Ukraine, in part to get some member countries to contribute more. But Washington and other major allies raised doubts about the proposal, arguing that it duplicated bilateral efforts and could run into a veto from nations skeptical of aiding Ukraine, such as Hungary and Slovakia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead, NATO allies have agreed only to contribute some $40 billion next year to Ukraine, roughly in line with past contributions, with no explicit commitment of future aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Michael Kofman, a Russia expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, said that the military support already committed should allow Ukraine to defend itself through the end of the year and build for the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe question is, for what?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For many Ukrainian civilians and soldiers touched by loss \u2014 and under no illusions about the fight ahead as they brace for another winter without heat and power as Russia continues to pummel critical infrastructure \u2014 the spectacle of the American election adds to the uncertainty that is a part of daily life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe planet is convulsing in the last sobs of gerontocracy \u2014 the power of the elders,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/glavcom.ua\/columns\/ostapdrozdov\/debati-bajdena-j-trampa-zasvidchili-krizu-svitovoho-liderstva-i-os-chomu-1007586.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote Ostap Drozdov, a Ukrainian journalist<\/a>. He ran through a list of world leaders over 70 \u2014 a group that includes not only President Biden and Mr. Trump, but also Mr. Putin \u2014 and lamented that a \u201cbunch of skeletons in their closets rule the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cTrump or Biden is an equally sad and dubious spectacle,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt depends on people who already have one foot in the coffin for Ukraine not to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Andrew E. Kramer<!-- --> contributed reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine, which depends on American military aid for its survival, has long tried to maintain bipartisan support in the United States. 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